Tutorial: How-to Create Faux Glass Beads

I just released my first Tutorial! How-to Create Polymer Clay 

Faux Glass Beads. It's available in my Etsy Shop Beadazzle Me.
I sold my first copy just an hour after listing it on Etsy! 
I love sharing my techniques & ideas. This tutorial
is a complete step-by-step guide, with 20 full-color photos,
of  how to achieve your own, unique, hand-crafted beads!
You'll be amazed by how Glass-like they appear! They are made
using the new Pardo Professional Polymer clay.
It's so much Fun, you won't be able to stop at just

one, it's addicting! Make your own shimmery bracelet, Earrings,

or maybe a simple drop pendant. Happy Crafting:)                         

 3/23/11 Happy Birthday Mom!  This Tutorial is dedicated in my Mom's memory. She taught me every craft skill imaginable...she is my Heart:)

Neo Victorian: Cross Pendants & Winged Hearts

 

Neo-Victorian Cross Pendant & Winged Heart Cross Necklace are available

in my  Etsy Shop

Beadazzle Me.

On the Bright Side - Polymer Clay Sculptures

A Walk in the Park

Stop & Smell the Flowers

 I love to recycle stuff & then use them 
in my latest craft projects. 

So, for the past 2 years I've been saving 
burned out light-bulbs to cover with Polymer Clay. 

Any kind of light-bulb will do, tiny night-light bulbs,

ceiling fan bulbs, small round refrigerator bulbs, 
or even the candelabra type. 

I'm always on the look-out for discarded treasures! 
It's a great way to use up 

old polymer clay cane slices & ends.

I also have a large collection of empty perfume bottles, 
I haven't decided what I'm going to make
them into, but they smell good & the shapes 

are quite unique!

Don't forget to Kiss a Frog!

Making the Sculptures:

To prepare the light-bulb before covering it with clay, 

I always wipe them down with some

isopropol alchohol on a microfiber cloth. 

Then, simply apply your canes, smooth them

as you go with your acrylic rod.  My light-bulb 
sculptures have a different look
at every angle.  That is especially
true for "By the Sea".  One side has a star-fish 
clinging to it & 
the opposite side has an Octopus! 
I love to add extra embellishments too!
like glass beads, wire, 

wooden shapes (stars, hearts) etc.